Tormentor

T H I R T E E N - Clash

Yoongi's dad waited for him at the school gate as usual.   His dad knew something was up because Yoongi kept biting his fingernails, a habit he had adopted when he was nervous or stressed out. On the walk home, Yoongi mustered the courage to tell his dad his plan to apply for a job so he could help out with expenses.  

"Dad, please.  I need my own money and I feel bad asking you when you already have so much to pay.  Please let me help out."

At first, his dad wasn't too happy worried that his son's grades would suffer, but Yoongi talked him into it.  

"Okay, Yoongi.  I'm proud of you."  

Yoongi flashed him a huge smile at his dad's rare praise.  When he got home, he showered getting ready to leave the house.  

"Are you ready Yoongi?  Let's go."

"Dad go without me.  I'm going to apply to some places.  I want to start as soon as possible."

His dad hesitated but Yoongi's pleading look helped him make up his mind. "Okay.  I'll tell your mom.  She will be proud of you too."

Yoongi smiled at his dad and gave him a hug before he left.  His first stop was the nearby grocer, then there was the pizza restaurant that had a help wanted sign on the window.  He wanted to apply to as many places as he could before meeting up with Jennie at the movies.  Maybe he could apply there too. He had no money but she offered to pay for him to see the movie.  Next time, he promised himself, he would pay for everything.  

Brimming with confidence, Yoongi walks into the grocery store and asks for a job, but the clerk says there are no openings.  He hurries to the pizzeria and they tell him to come back tomorrow.  Once outside the busy restaurant, he huffs good-naturedly mildly annoyed at the wasted effort.  As he makes his way to the movie theater where Jennie said to meet, he spots his friends hanging out at the neighborhood convenience store.  

"Hey Yoongi what's up?" Joon asks lazily walking towards him.

Joon's wearing a black hoody covering his head with a lollipop dangling on one side of his mouth.  He pulls out his earphones and Yoongi can hear the loud base even from where he stands.

Looking up at his tall friend, he replies, "I'm going to the movies."

"Without us?" 

"Yes, I do stuff without you too!"  Yoongi replies annoyed. 

"No, you don't,"  Joon mutters with a suspicious look. 

They start following him since they have nothing better to do. "Who are you going with?" Jimin asks.

Yoongi dreaded telling them cause they are so curious and will delay him with their questions. So he keeps it short. "My girl."

"Since when do you have a girlfriend?" Joon mocks.

"Why haven't you told us?" Jimin says.

"Guys I'm going to be late. I'll tell you about her later. Okay?"

They keep walking towards the theater entrance, following him to Yoongi's annoyance. "We want to see a movie too."

"Don't pick the same one as me. I don't want you creeps staring at us."

"Who is she Yoongi?" They all ask in unison.

"It's Jennie."

"Is that the same girl you liked since middle school?" Hoseok asks.

"Yes, now go."  He tells his friends that are acting embarrassingly silly.

"Isn't that her?" Jimin says pointing to a group.  In the middle stood Jennie surrounded by some guys that were clearly messing with her.  One guy has the nerve to pull her by her wrist. Yoongi notices her eyes shiny with tears and her little frown.  It breaks his heart and enrages him.  "I shouldn't have made her wait." He thinks too late.

"Follow me!"  He tells his friends as he runs towards Jennie.

Without a word, Yoongi turns the boy around and takes a swing at his face. The boy looks at him in surprise and fear. Yoongi yells "Run asshole or I'll beat you."

His friends try to hold him back but Yoongi pulls away in anger ready to fight anyone in his way.

Jennie is crying cause she is so scared that there is going to be a brawl between the two groups of guys.  She especially doesn't want Yoongi to get hurt or arrested.   She yells after him to come back and faints when she sees a group of guys circling around Yoongi. She doesn't know those are his friends. Yoongi turns around finally coming to his senses.  Now there was a confrontation with the theater security telling his friends to leave.  Jennie was being taken into the theater away from him. "Jennie!"  He yells.

She opens her eyes and is surrounded by concerned faces she does not know. Sitting up she looks around for her boyfriend and calls out to him.  She suddenly hears him making a commotion. "That's my girlfriend! Let me see her!"  

"Calm down young man. She's alright."  The security tells him.

Their eyes meet and Yoongi kneels down next to her.  "Are you okay."

Jennie smiles and wraps her arms around his neck.  "Now I am!"